# 郊区 (jiāoqū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 郊区 (jiāoqū) means “suburbs; outskirts”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: suburbs; outskirts
- Pinyin: jiāoqū (jiao1 qu1)
- Traditional: 郊區
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我父母喜欢住在安静的郊区。
  Wǒ fùmǔ xǐhuan zhù zài ānjìng de jiāoqū.
  My parents like living in the quiet suburbs.

## Characters

- 郊 (jiāo): suburbs; outskirts
- [区](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-district/) (qū): district; area

https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-qu-suburbs/

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